"There's a rift at the heart of the Smash Bros scene"

[ohmylanta1003]

Hedra42 said:

ohmylanta1003 said:

LOL!!! This is priceless. Honestly, one of the funniest things I have ever read in my whole life. Thank you.

But he's right.

According to reports, the venue didn't have a permit to host that number of people. They didn't have a permit for all the extra electrical equipment. When this was discovered, the local fire marshals closed the whole thing down as it was deemed a fire hazard. These are safety things that should have been checked and dealt with before the event began. On top of that, there'd been damage to the building due to recent storms.

How is that funny?

That's great man. Doesn't matter. It isn't the job of the event coordinator to fucking inspect the building to make sure all codes are being followed. Should I, if I'm coordinating an event, know this handbook cover to cover?

http://www.illinois.gov/cdb/business/codes/Documents/BuildingCodesDirectory.pdf

It is the job of the people who work at the establishment and building inspectors to make sure that codes are not being broken. Not the goddamn customer. If I say that I want rooms for 1,000 people and they don't have room for 1,000 people, the hotel needs to say so. I do not have to babysit them.

Another example: every food establishment displays a sign indicating how many people are allowed to be in the restaurant at one time. Is it my job, AS A CUSTOMER, to count how many people are in the restaurant to make sure it's okay for me to be in there? Is it? Is it?

Anyway, if you'd like to talk about the responsibility of the customer, let's go bud. I'd be glad to talk. But when I coordinate an event, I'm not gonna ask if the building meets all the building codes, because there's people that are supposed to do that for me (hired BY THE CITY, PAID FOR BY MY TAXES). And I'm certainly not gonna ask what their fucking carbon footprint is. And that is why it's funny.